Whatever you're looking for in your career, it isall here for you at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust. With state-of-the-art facilities, you can advance your career in Histopathology, and take your knowledge further. As the largest Cellular Pathology department in the country, we're looking for talented people to join our diverse teams on our Wythenshawe Hospital and Oxford Road Campus sites, where you'll have the opportunity to work cross-site, offering exposure to specialist training and experiences for example, in Electron Microscopy, Ophthalmic Histopathology

Our laboratories have begun the implementation of SMART automation with the installation of the Sakura Tissue-Tek AutoTEC A120 automated embedding systems and Sakura Tissue-Tek Xpress X120, due for installation in 2023. This will ensure that we're at the forefront of investing in new technologies to deliver and improve patient care. The service has an extensive Immunohistochemistry repertoire, including prognostic markers in Lung and Breast Cancer and Biomedical Scientist led scoring for breast markers, including DDISH and PDL1 for triple negative breast cancer.

As part of the Greater Manchester Pathology Network, the department are also working towards implementing digital imaging to support the Greater Manchester Strategy for Digital Pathology, with equipment due to be validated in 2023.

Main duties of the job

• As a Specialist Biomedical Scientist, you'll be experienced and operating as a Biomedical Scientist within Histopathology, in line with ISO 15189 standards and you'll be rotated across the department, providing scientific services to patients and customers to aid pathological diagnosis
• You'll deputise for senior team members and manage workflow, support with the management of documentation, and general overall performance
• You'll also play a role in the training and development of scientific staff.

• Opportunities to be trained to support dissection of skin specimens, with cross site support.

We support and encourage our Specialist Biomedical Scientists to undertake Continuing Professional Development (CPD) activities, which could be internal talks and seminars, as well as attending approved courses. We also have a dedicated Training Lead, supporting the Directorate strategy for training, as well as training officers within each department. The department has full HCPC training status for pre and post registration IBMS portfolios, and full ISO 15189 accreditation.

About us

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.6bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• HCPC Registration
• IBMS validated Biomedical Sciences Degree or Equivalent
• Evidence of CPD in accordance with Health Professions Council guidance
• Completed IBMS Specialist Diploma, or appropriate short courses or individual learning programs, or evidence of equivalent knowledge and experience

Desirable

• Train for trainers
• IBMS Immunohistochemistry DEP

Skills

Essential

• Evidence of working as part of a team
• Good communication skills including ability to communicate with peers and senior staff and clinical users of service
• Able to work unsupervised, to organise workload, and to organise and train less qualified, or less experienced staff

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

• Evidence of post - registration speciality training, in accordance with IBMS guidelines or equivalent
• Have extensive working knowledge of laboratory areas, including both practical and theoretical knowledge of the various methods employed
• Able to operate and maintain complex automated and semiautomated equipment
• Knowledge of Laboratory IT programmes and good key board skills

Employer details

Employer name

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Wythenshawe Hospital

Clinical Sciences Building, Floats Road

Manchester

M23 9LT

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